Plow Install

Do any of you install your own plows? this is going to be our first plow and was wondering if it is worth saving the money to do it ourselves. My bro is an aircraft mechanic so he is very mechnanical. I'm an accountant so I can count how many beers I'll drink while he does the work

this being your first plow, i'd look into getting it installed at your local dealer. even though his price may seem high compared to unassembled plows in catalogs,customer service is worth it. do you think a dealer would work on a plow that someone put together themselves. their customers usually com first. another reason is that you need an air compressor and air wrenches to get everything tigh enough so the bolts don't fall on while plowing. doing it yourself could cost more in the long run because you might not of put the plow together, and parts might wear out quicker. if you talk to your dealer, you can probably work something out.

I installed all my own up to now.It will take you 6-8 hrs to do it right the first time-even with 2 of you's working.I just bought a used GMC,it had a western unimount on it when I got it.The dealer who installed it cut corners and did a sloppy job on just a bout every detail,no antiseize on any of the mounting hardware-wires run over the engine-lighting harness tied off over fan shroud etc...If you want it done right-you know how it goes.I'm not saying that no one does a good job-but if you get it installed-make it clear that a professional job is expected and you wont pay for or acccept anything less.Check the work before you pay for the install,make em fix any poorly run wiring or itll bite you in a storm.

Ask for dealer references if you are going that route, and check out their work. I have my plows installed, just because i don't have enough hours in the day, and $ 250.00 isn't that much to have them back it up.

My Diamond dealer is great about installs, they are all done with 1st quality, and if something goes in for service (only happened once, defective motor found it out when i brought the truck home), it comes back with extras on the seat ( ie can of oil, paint, electrical covers, ect) My fisher dealer is good too, however his plow guy takes a week off the 2nd week of november for a hunting trip.

I agree i had my plow installed and it was worth every cent when somthing went wrong i went back and they took car of me right away.And it will take you all day to do it right and maby longer if you never did one before. it's worth$300 to let the proes do it what is your time worth?

I bought my Fisher 8 ft in the box, took me 6 hours start to finish to assemble the plow and mount wiring and push plates to the Dodge, but I know it was done right and how it all goes together, just in case.

Hardest part was getting the moldboard out of the truck by myself without doing bodily harm. I think next time Ill have the shop that sells it install it now that Ive done it oncve.

Bill

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We have all the tools to do it (ie. Air compressors, tools torque renches etc). The problem is that the guy who I buy all of my mulch and supplies off of says he is a "dealer". What he does it call the other shop that I talked to and buys it from them and charges me a markup. He will not install it and The other shop will. I don't want him to get pissed at me, but the other shop gave me about the same price installed for an 8' plow instead of a 7 1/2.. For mainly residential what size would you go with?

We istall all our own plows,we do it because I often need stuff for the guys to do as it gets colder as well as rainy days.We have put on around six or seven Boss's,it takes two guys around three hours.The other nice thing about putting on your own plows is if there is a problem in the middle of the night my guys know everything there is to know about each plow. As for plow widths you will never notice the diff of 6", mount what everyone is the better deal.As far as what ever truck you have not being big enough to handle the little bigger plow, well don't mount it on a Isuzu but my feeling is anything else will do,as far as chevys go other than some changeable Torsion bars I've been told all the other parts have the same part numbers.